Editing Venezuela (section)

=== Military ===
{{See also|National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela}}
[[File:Venezuelan Air Force Sukhoi SU-30MK2 AADPR-2.jpg|thumb|A [[Sukhoi Su-30]]MKV of the Venezuelan Air Force]]
The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (''Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana'', FANB) are the unified military forces of Venezuela. It includes over 320,150 men and women, under Article 328 of the Constitution, in five components of ground, sea and air. The components of the FANB are: the [[Venezuelan Army]], the [[Venezuelan Navy]], the [[Venezuelan Air Force]], the [[Venezuelan National Guard]], and the [[Venezuelan National Militia]]. {{As of|2008}}, a further 600,000 soldiers were incorporated into a new branch, known as the Armed Reserve.

The president of Venezuela is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the FANB. Its main purposes are to defend the sovereign national territory of Venezuela, airspace, and islands, fight against drug trafficking, search and rescue and, in the case of a natural disaster, civil protection. All male citizens of Venezuela have a constitutional duty to register for the military service at 18, which is the [[age of majority]].